diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b40f706..0fe8518 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-# nixconfig
+# 0x29a nixos config
 
-personal nixos configuration files
\ No newline at end of file
+personal nixos configuration files
+
+## how to deploy
+
+```bash
+$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake path:/home/aaron/git/nixconfig#default
+```
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index a2fbf7e..cbea640 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -7,32 +7,31 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1758463745,
-        "narHash": "sha256-uhzsV0Q0I9j2y/rfweWeGif5AWe0MGrgZ/3TjpDYdGA=",
+        "lastModified": 1763389499,
+        "narHash": "sha256-GuG3PW8U41f8XqROreZQaUvrcjQt+Gh92g16X7zBUck=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "3b955f5f0a942f9f60cdc9cacb7844335d0f21c3",
+        "rev": "7538d965352d3bfd4c380f5b3aa618bc839a84b4",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "nix-community",
-        "ref": "release-25.05",
         "repo": "home-manager",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1763049705,
-        "narHash": "sha256-A5LS0AJZ1yDPTa2fHxufZN++n8MCmtgrJDtxFxrH4S8=",
+        "lastModified": 1763283776,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Y7TDFPK4GlqrKrivOcsHG8xSGqQx3A6c+i7novT85Uk=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "3acb677ea67d4c6218f33de0db0955f116b7588c",
+        "rev": "50a96edd8d0db6cc8db57dab6bb6d6ee1f3dc49a",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "nixos",
-        "ref": "nixos-25.05",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5929bea..2268677 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,26 @@
 {
-  description = "0x29a NixOS flake";
+  description = "0x29a NixOS flake config";
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs = {
-      url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
+      url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
     };
     home-manager = {
-      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.05";
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
   };
 
-  outputs = inputs@{ nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }: {
-    nixosConfigurations = {
-      nixos = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-        modules = [
-          ./configuration.nix
-
-          # make home-manager a module of nixos
-          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
-          {
-            home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
-            home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
-            home-manager.users.aaron = import ./home.nix;
-          }
-        ];
-      };
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }@inputs: {
+    nixosConfigurations.default = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
+      modules = [
+        ./hosts/default/configuration.nix
+        ./hosts/default/hardware-configuration.nix
+	{ home-manager.users.aaron = import ./hosts/default/home.nix; }
+        home-manager.nixosModules.default
+      ];
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 534d4d6..0000000
--- a/home.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
-
-{
-  # user config
-  home.username = "aaron";
-  home.homeDirectory = "/home/aaron";
-
-  # Packages that should be installed to the user profile
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    fastfetch
-    zip
-    xz
-    unzip
-    p7zip
-    jq
-    mtr
-    iperf3
-    dnsutils
-    ldns
-    socat
-    nmap
-    cowsay
-    file
-    which
-    tree
-    zstd
-    gnupg
-    btop
-    iotop
-    iftop
-    strace
-    ltrace
-    lsof
-    sysstat
-    lm_sensors
-    ethtool
-    pciutils
-    usbutils
-  ];
-
-  # configure git
-  programs.git = {
-    enable = true;
-    userName = "aaron";
-    userEmail = "aaron@0x29a.ch";
-  };
-  
-  # starting version
-  home.stateVersion = "25.05";
-}
diff --git a/hosts/default/.home.nix.swp b/hosts/default/.home.nix.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1987599
Binary files /dev/null and b/hosts/default/.home.nix.swp differ
diff --git a/configuration.nix b/hosts/default/configuration.nix
similarity index 83%
rename from configuration.nix
rename to hosts/default/configuration.nix
index 77e421b..f0ffe50 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/default/configuration.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,33 @@
 # 0x29a nixos conifg
 
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, lib, inputs, ... }:
 
 {
   imports =
     [ 
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
+      inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.default
     ];
 
   # use flakes
   nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
-  # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
+
+  # configure bootloader
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = false;
   boot.loader.grub = {
     enable = true;
     device = "nodev";
     efiSupport = true;
   };
-
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
   boot.kernelParams = [
     "quiet"
     "console.ttyS0,115200n8" # allow terminals on serial console
   ];
-
-  # boot eye candy
+  # plymouth boot eye candy
   boot.initrd.systemd.enable = true;
   boot.plymouth.enable = true;
   boot.plymouth.theme = "spinner";
-
   # use latest kernel
   boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
 
@@ -41,15 +40,24 @@
 
   # time zone.
   time.timeZone = "Europe/Amsterdam";
-
-  # Select internationalisation properties.
+  # select internationalisation properties
   i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
+    LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  };
   console = {
     font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
     keyMap = "de_CH-latin1";
   };
 
-
   # xserver config
   services.xserver = {
     enable = true;
diff --git a/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/default/hardware-configuration.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from hardware-configuration.nix
rename to hosts/default/hardware-configuration.nix
diff --git a/hosts/default/home.nix b/hosts/default/home.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..892a309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/default/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the paths it should
+  # manage.
+  home.username = "aaron";
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/aaron";
+
+  # This value determines the Home Manager release that your configuration is
+  # compatible with. This helps avoid breakage when a new Home Manager release
+  # introduces backwards incompatible changes.
+  #
+  # You should not change this value, even if you update Home Manager. If you do
+  # want to update the value, then make sure to first check the Home Manager
+  # release notes.
+  home.stateVersion = "25.05"; # Please read the comment before changing.
+
+  # The home.packages option allows you to install Nix packages into your
+  # environment.
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    # # Adds the 'hello' command to your environment. It prints a friendly
+    # # "Hello, world!" when run.
+    # pkgs.hello
+
+    # # It is sometimes useful to fine-tune packages, for example, by applying
+    # # overrides. You can do that directly here, just don't forget the
+    # # parentheses. Maybe you want to install Nerd Fonts with a limited number of
+    # # fonts?
+    # (pkgs.nerdfonts.override { fonts = [ "FantasqueSansMono" ]; })
+
+    # # You can also create simple shell scripts directly inside your
+    # # configuration. For example, this adds a command 'my-hello' to your
+    # # environment:
+    # (pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "my-hello" ''
+    #   echo "Hello, ${config.home.username}!"
+    # '')
+    fastfetch
+    zip
+    xz
+    unzip
+    p7zip
+    jq
+    mtr
+    iperf3
+    dnsutils
+    ldns
+    socat
+    nmap
+    cowsay
+    file
+    which
+    tree
+    zstd
+    gnupg
+    btop
+    iotop
+    iftop
+    strace
+    ltrace
+    lsof
+    sysstat
+    lm_sensors
+    ethtool
+    pciutils
+    usbutils
+  ];
+
+  # configure git
+  programs.git.settings = {
+    enable = true;
+    userName = "aaron";
+    userEmail = "aaron@0x29a.ch";
+  };
+
+  # Home Manager is pretty good at managing dotfiles. The primary way to manage
+  # plain files is through 'home.file'.
+  home.file = {
+    # # Building this configuration will create a copy of 'dotfiles/screenrc' in
+    # # the Nix store. Activating the configuration will then make '~/.screenrc' a
+    # # symlink to the Nix store copy.
+    # ".screenrc".source = dotfiles/screenrc;
+
+    # # You can also set the file content immediately.
+    # ".gradle/gradle.properties".text = ''
+    #   org.gradle.console=verbose
+    #   org.gradle.daemon.idletimeout=3600000
+    # '';
+  };
+
+  # Home Manager can also manage your environment variables through
+  # 'home.sessionVariables'. These will be explicitly sourced when using a
+  # shell provided by Home Manager. If you don't want to manage your shell
+  # through Home Manager then you have to manually source 'hm-session-vars.sh'
+  # located at either
+  #
+  #  ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
+  #
+  # or
+  #
+  #  ~/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
+  #
+  # or
+  #
+  #  /etc/profiles/per-user/aaron/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
+  #
+  home.sessionVariables = {
+    # EDITOR = "emacs";
+  };
+
+  # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
+  programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+}